[Amended last 9-20-2022 by Ord. No. 08-2022]
A.
Three-hour zone; with rates to be established by resolution of Borough
Council.
(1)
Except for such spaces as are or shall be designated as bus spaces,
entrances to hotels and theaters, fireplugs or other places where
parking is now or may hereafter be prohibited, it shall be unlawful
and a violation of this article for the owner or operator of any motor
vehicle, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight
on Thursdays and Fridays, and between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00
midnight on Saturdays (except holidays), to park such vehicle for
more than three hours at any time upon the streets in the Borough
of West Chester hereinafter described, which are hereby established
as three-hour parking meter zones with rates to be established by
resolution of Borough Council:
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Highway
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Side
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Chestnut Street
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North
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From Church Street to Matlack Street
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Chestnut Street
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South
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From New Street to High Street
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Chestnut Street
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South
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From Walnut Street to Matlack Street
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Church Street
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East
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From Washington Street to Barnard Street
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Church Street
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West
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From Chestnut Street to Barnard Street
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Church Street
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West
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100 North Church Street
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Darlington Street
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West
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From Chestnut Street to Miner Street
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Gay Street
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Both
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From Matlack Street to Darlington Street
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High Street
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East
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From Barnard Street to Miner Street
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High Street
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East
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From Washington Street to Evans Street
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High Street
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West
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From Market Street to Barnard Street
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High Street
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West
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From a point 63 feet south of Washington Street to Prescott
Alley
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Market Street
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North
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From Church Street to High Street
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Market Street
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North
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Between New Street and Potter Alley
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Market Street
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North
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From a point approximately 65 feet west of Potter Alley to New
Street
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Market Street
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South
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From Darlington Street to High Street
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Market Street
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South
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From a point approximately 65 feet east of High Street to Matlack
Street
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Market Street
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South
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From Matlack Street to Franklin Street
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Matlack Street
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East
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From Market Street to Cedar Alley
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Miner Street
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North
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From Church Street to Walnut Street
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Miner Street
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South
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From Church Street to High Street
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New Street
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West
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From Gay Street to Market Street
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Walnut Street
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East
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From Market Street to Cedar Alley
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Walnut Street
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East
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From Prescott Alley to Chestnut Street
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Wollerton Street
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North
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From Darlington Street to New Street
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Wollerton Street
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South
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From New Street to Borough Parking Lot No. 9
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B.
Three-hour zone; with rates to be established by resolution of Borough
Council.
(1)
Except for such spaces as are or shall be designated as bus spaces,
entrances to hotels and theaters, fireplugs or other places where
parking is now or may hereafter be prohibited, it shall be unlawful
and a violation of this article for the owner or operator of any motor
vehicle, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight
on Thursdays and Fridays, and between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00
midnight on Saturdays (except holidays), to park such vehicle for
more than three hours at any time upon the streets in the Borough
of West Chester hereinafter described, which are hereby established
as three-hour parking meter zones with rates to be established by
resolution of Borough Council:
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Highway
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Side
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Church Street
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Both
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From Sharpless Street to Rosedale Avenue
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High Street
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West
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From University Avenue to Rosedale Avenue
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Linden Street
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Both
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From High Street to Sharon Alley
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New Street
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East
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From Sharpless Street to Rosedale Avenue
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Nields Street
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Both
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From New Street west to the entrance of the West Chester University
Parking Garage (on the south side) and along McBratnie Park (on the
north side)
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Rosedale Avenue
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North
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From High Street to New Street
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Rosedale Avenue
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North
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From Wayne Hall to New Street
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Sharpless Street
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South
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From High Street to New Street
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University Avenue
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Both
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From High Street to Church Street
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C.
Thirty-minute zone; with rates to be established by resolution of
Borough Council.
(1)
Except for such spaces as are or shall be designated as bus spaces,
entrances to hotels and theaters, fireplugs or other places where
parking is now or may hereafter be prohibited, it shall be unlawful
and a violation of this article for the owner or operator of any motor
vehicle, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight
on Thursday and Fridays, and between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00
midnight on Saturdays (except holidays), to park such vehicle for
more than 30 minutes at any time upon the streets in the Borough of
West Chester hereinafter described, which are hereby established as
thirty-minute parking meter zones with rates to be established by
resolution of Borough Council:
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Highway
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Side
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Church Street
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West
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Two metered parking spaces immediately south of Chestnut Street
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Sharpless Street
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South
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20 meters along the 50 block of Sharpless Street between High
Street and Church Street
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Walnut Street
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East
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From Prescott Alley to Gay Street and one metered space on the
north of Middle Alley and one metered parking space south of Middle
Alley
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Walnut Street
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West
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Between Chestnut Street and Evans Alley
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D.
Fifteen-minute zone; with rates to be established by resolution of
Borough Council.
(1)
Except for such spaces as are or shall be designated as bus spaces,
entrances to hotels and theaters, fireplugs or other places where
parking is now or may hereafter be prohibited, it shall be unlawful
and a violation of this article for the owner or operator of any motor
vehicle, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight
on Thursdays and Fridays, and between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 12:00
midnight on Saturdays (except holidays), to park such vehicle for
more than 15 minutes at any time upon the streets in the Borough of
West Chester hereinafter described, which are hereby established as
fifteen-minute parking meter zones with rates to be established by
resolution of Borough Council:
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Highway
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Side
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Market Street
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South
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From High Street to a point approximately 65 feet east thereof
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North Darlington Street
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West
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1 space north of Courthouse Alley
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South Darlington Street
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West
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50 South Darlington Street
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South Darlington Street
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West
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Between West Market Street and Wollerton Alley
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E.
(Reserved)
F.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for the owner
or operator of any motor vehicle, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, to park such vehicle for more than
15 minutes at any time upon the streets in the Borough of West Chester
hereinafter described which are hereby established as fifteen-minute
parking meter zones with rates to be established by resolution of
Borough Council:
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Highway
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Side
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Walnut Street
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West
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From Evans Alley to a point 90 feet south thereof
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Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established as provided in § 104-47 of this article shall be placed upon the sidewalk and immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces hereinafter described. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Borough and, when occupied, shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed
upon the curb, sidewalk and/or highway adjacent to each parking meter
for the purpose of designating the parking space for which such meter
is to be used. Each vehicle parked adjacent to any parking meter shall
be parked wholly within the lines and markings so placed and applicable
to such meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article
to park any vehicle across any such line or marking or to park any
vehicle in such a position that such vehicle shall not be wholly within
the area so designated by such lines or markings.
When a parking space in any parking meter zone
is parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked
in such parking space shall be parked so that the foremost part of
such vehicle shall be nearest to the parking meter; when a parking
space in any parking meter zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk,
any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked with the
foremost part of such vehicle nearest to such meter.
[Amended 3-10-1976 by Ord. No. 3-1976; 2-11-1981 by Ord. No. 1-1981; 3-23-1988 by Ord. No. 5-1988; 9-14-1988 by Ord. No. 16-1988; 8-23-1989 by Ord. No. 22-1989; 2-15-1995 by Ord. No. 1-1995; 12-18-1996 by Ord. No. 26-1996]
A.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions
of this article for any person to permit a vehicle to remain or be
placed in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while such
meter is displaying a signal indicating that the time paid for has
expired. Such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime, and
the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this article.
B.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this article for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle for the parking space beyond the legal limit established for such parking space in § 104-47. Such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this article.
[Added 4-9-1986 by Ord. No. 3-1986]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Article IV for a person to deposit any coin in a parking meter without immediately thereafter operating such meter in the manner necessary to register the time paid for by depositing such coin.
[Added 6-28-1989 by Ord. No. 19-1989; amended 8-23-1989 by Ord. No. 22-1989; 11-20-2013 by Ord. No. 15-2013; 5-15-2019 by Ord. No. 6-2019]
[Amended 4-9-1986 by Ord. No. 3-1986]
A.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Article IV for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this Article.
B.
Any person who shall violate this section shall be
issued a citation. Thereafter, the prosecution shall proceed in accordance
with the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure; and, upon conviction
for the offense, the defendant shall be ordered to pay a fine of $300,
together with the cost of prosecution, and/or to be incarcerated in
the county prison for not more than 30 days.
[Added 6-17-1992 by Ord. No. 13-1992; amended 1-20-1993 by Ord. No. 1-1993; 2-15-2017 by Ord. No.
2-2017]
A.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person,
owner or operator of a passenger and/or commercial motor vehicle or
trailer to operate a food truck from any parking space adjacent to
any parking meter established under this article or on any public
right-of-way, except in the following designated locations:
[Amended 8-16-2023 by Ord. No. 14-2023]
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Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
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|---|---|---|
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Church Street
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West
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From Sharpless Street to Rosedale Avenue
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University Avenue
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South
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From High Street to Church Street
|
C.
Propane tanks, gas containers and emergency generators shall not
be placed in the street or public right-of-way.
D.
No trash or debris shall accumulate under or around the food truck
or trailer at any time.
[Amended 4-9-1986 by Ord. No. 3-1986; 12-15-1999 by Ord. No. 16-1999]
It shall be the duty of the police officers
and parking enforcement officers of the Borough, acting in accordance
with the instructions of their supervisors, to report:
A.
The number of each parking meter which indicates that
the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter
is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this
article.
B.
The date and hour of such violation.
C.
The state license number of such vehicle.
D.
Any other facts, the knowledge of which is necessary
to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
The amount of the coins required to be deposited
in parking meters, as provided for in this Article, are hereby levied
and assessed as fees to cover the costs of the supervision, inspection,
installation, operation, maintenance, control and use of the parking
spaces, regulation of the parking of vehicles, street cleaning and
maintenance in the parking meter zones created hereby and for the
maintenance of and traffic regulation on the streets in the said Borough.
[Amended 4-9-1986 by Ord. No. 3-1986; 12-18-1996 by Ord. No. 26-1996; 12-15-1999 by Ord. No. 16-1999; 2-18-2004 by Ord. No.
4-2004; 1-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2-2007; 4-20-2011 by Ord. No.
8-2011; 6-19-2013 by Ord. No. 5-2013]
A.
If any
vehicle shall remain in any such parking space for such length of
time that the meter shall indicate by a proper signal that the lawful
parking time shall have expired, such vehicle shall be considered
as having been parked overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime
shall be a violation of this article, provided that every hour that
a vehicle shall remain parked at a meter showing a violation shall
constitute a separate violation of this article.
B.
An owner or operator of a motor vehicle who shall violate any provisions of this Article IV, with the exception of § 104-55, shall be issued a notice of violation and be ordered to pay a fine of $35, unless the fine is paid to the Borough of West Chester within 14 days of the issuance of such notice, in which case the fine amount shall be reduced to $25.
[Amended 12-18-2013 by Ord. No. 20-2013; 5-17-2018 by Ord. No. 6-2018]
C.
If the owner or operator of the motor vehicle fails to respond to the notice of violation as set forth in Subsection B above by payment of the fine within 14 days of issuance of such notice, the Borough shall send a warning letter requesting payment of the full fine of $35 within 10 days of the date of the letter. Should the owner or operator of the motor vehicle fail to respond to the letter by payment within the ten-day time frame, the Borough shall proceed with the issuance of a citation for the greater fine amount in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Upon conviction of the offense, the defendant shall be ordered to pay the applicable fine and the costs of prosecution, and/or to be incarcerated in the county prison for not more than five days.
[Amended 5-17-2018 by Ord. No. 6-2018]
The proper officers of the Borough are hereby
authorized and directed to enter into a contract for the purchasing
and installation of parking meters, said contract to be made subject
to the conditions and in the manner provided by law, the payment of
such meters and the installation thereof to be provided for solely
from the receipts, funds and revenues obtained by the Borough from
the operation of said parking meters, without in any manner obligating
the Borough to pay for same from any other sources, and to enter into
a contract or contracts for such parts and maintenance of such parking
meters as may be necessary to maintain the same in good operating
condition, and to pay for such parts and maintenance exclusively from
the receipts, funds and revenues received from the operation of said
parking meters.
Nothing contained in this article, or in any
ordinance hereafter establishing parking meter zones, shall be construed
to permit parking of vehicles in those spaces within any zone in which
by other ordinances of the Borough parking is prohibited. Until meters
are actually installed in the parking zones hereinbefore described,
the parking of cars in said zones, or that part of the zone in which
parking meters are not installed, shall be limited to such parking
time as has been fixed by other ordinances of the Borough.
